Thanks for the replies. I was away yesterday, but I THINK John might be on the right track. I will be checking it out and will report back.
Jeremy On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 11:10 PM, John Bird <[email protected]>wrote: > Another possibility – less likely but an outside one – is that there > might be something about end of line terminators – ie windows uses CR LF, > and linux/Unix uses LF. I only raise it because if you save to a file and > load it seems OK, so there might be something getting the wrong line > terminator (not your fault even). > > (MacOS by contrast uses CR as a line terminator just to be convenient). > > Programs like ftp convert text files automatically in transmission, other > communication protocols might not. > > Got bitten by it frequently when looking after cross platform software - > moving text data and source to and from Unix from Windows files often need > to be converted by utilities (I have one using sed). (Source would not > compile until converted) > > John Bird > *From:* Jolyon Smith <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 03, 2013 10:50 AM > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Strange Error in Android > > > Could you post the first line of the XML so we can see what it comprises > of ? i.e. what XML declaration does the string contain which the parser is > rejecting ? > > As a result of the DOM Vendor implementation model in Delphi, behaviour on > Windows is no indication of reliability on Android, iOS or OS X (as you are > finding). > > For Android it seems that the key to your problem is in > XML.Internal.AdomCore_4_3.pas, specifically the EvaluateXmlOrTextDecl() > method of TXmlInputSource but without knowing what declaration is being > presented to this method it's impossible to say whether the problem lies > here, in the process of assigning the string from the HTTP response to the > XML document or with the content of the XML string itself. > > There is potential for many slips twixt this particular cup and lip. > > Robert Martin <[email protected]> > Tue, 3 Dec 2013 09:03 > Hi Jeremy > > Never done any Delphi Android work but is it possible it is a character > set issue? I am only using XE2 nut if I look at XMLDoc.LoadFromXML() (I > don't have a LoadXMLData) it takes an AnsiString on at UTF16 delphi string. > > Thanks > Rob > > > On 2/12/2013 11:40 p.m., Jeremy Coulter wrote: > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe > Jeremy Coulter <[email protected]> > Mon, 2 Dec 2013 23:40 > > Hi All. > > I am Sending an HTTP request to a server that is returning some XML in an > Android app. > > However, I get an unexpected result. I am using Indy and the idHTTP.get() > function which returns either a string or populates a stream. > > I started out first by loading the results into a string variable, i.e. > buffer:=isHTTP.get() which returns the data fine, BUT if I call > LoadXMLData(buffer) - (LoadXmlData() is in Xml.XMLDoc.pas) which is a > function I have used a number of time in Delphi in normal Windows apps and > never had a problem – that wasn’t something I did J > > However, if in the android app, I load the buffer variable into a string > list then save that to file the call LoadXMLDocument() that takes a file > name, it works fine !! > > Oh, the error I get is “ET_INVALID_XML_DECL line:-1” which indicates the > XML is invalid but if I do a showmessage(buffer) its perfectly fine. > > I have tried loading the result into a stream and the reading it out into > a string and I get the same error. I have tried removing the #13#10’s and > STILL I get the error. If I write the XML to file first, no problem. > > I have tried using String and DOMStrings, but still the same error > > > > Anyone got any ideas? I shouldn’t have to write the xml to file then load > it, that’s a bit of a pain. > > > > > > Thanks, Jeremy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe >
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